Monday Motivation?

charlotte989875 · June 2020

I basically have none. It’s hot and humid here and I’m a million weeks pregnant. I also have zero meetings on my calendar so basically I’m on the internet. I’m going to try and get some required compliance training out of the way today.

How was everyone’s weekend?

Saturday my sister and best friend did a surprise drive by shower for me! I had zero idea, they planned it all with H. Drive by the house with a parade of family then dropped of cupcakes and decorations. My sister, mom, and friend stayed and hung out on our back porch for a bit (from a safe distance!). It was so nice and completely unexpected.

I was so tired though I did nothing yesterday. Well I read the entirety of Little Fires Everywhere. That’s it.

kvruns · June 2020

How sweet about the drive by, surprise shower! So thoughtful!

I am also team no motivation. Quarantine is over so B is back to daycare. Even though I have a bunch of stuff to catch up on I just want to sit and do nothing in a quiet house! Seriously how have yall done this for months, not even 2 full weeks had me exhausted. The first few days were OK but I was done by the middle of last week.

MissKittyDanger · June 2020

@charlotte989875 so sweet and so cute! Did you cry? I would lol

Weekend was good. Original plans mostly went to hell, half due to weather.
Saturday ended up being too hot for the splash pad {40*C = 104*F} but I did get a new phone. Didn't end up having a choice, my phone froze and crashed causing me to not do ANYTHING.
I got S20
Oh, and M donated blood

Things went smoother than last time apparently, so that's good.

Sunday we went to my mum's in the morning and BabyKitten played in the pool. We got home, she had a snack and went for nap. I fell asleep too lol

More on the house stuff, M has to do the basement stuff and unfortunately unless he sorts through it or figures it out, I cannot help him AT ALL.

Here's another house we won't get but we love
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/22001148/37-winchester-drive-ottawa-glen-cairn

This is approx a couple blocks away from us now. Walk to daycare is actually closer than where we are now.
I really like this house and I just get so frustrated we aren't at a spot to sell

VarunaTT · June 2020

This weekend was good.

Saturday we spent pulling the big metal shelves into the 2nd loft space and putting all of the big boxes on it. The other shelves are now down to crafts, supplies, "stuff" that we don't want to get rid of, but aren't daily use. I also got my cute little kitchen cart and was able to clean out a kitchen cabinet to use for something else and gain a lot of kitchen space back. I'm able to see the floor of the apartment in almost it's entirety again! Next step is to get the 2nd loft space finally clean/organized (K is off this week and so is working on that), then we will take a truckload of donations, and we'll finally have reclaimed our space, nearly a year after cleaning out the storage unit and 3 years in this space. Whew. It's also starting to look like a living space now. We love the new shelves and have another set picked out to replace an old set. Next up will be buying some rugs and chairs for the living room areas. Maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to start hosting my queer movie club this fall with a small bubble of people. I had already planned for it to be small (10-15), but now it might be smaller than 10. I might also just do it through Netflix party, though that somewhat limits selection.

Sunday was kind of lazy. I cleaned the kitchen and did the laundry while K went over to their grandmother's for father's day. I was just not feeling being around the family at all and K agreed to let me just stay home. Then we just watched some television and played video games the rest of the day.

K and I are both going back into "we only go to work and home" mode at this time. The #1 hotspot for covid is a little more than an hour from where I live and there's lots of crossover of people between the 2 cities. Our office is completely open as of today, but I am going to refuse in person appointments b/c our clientele also has a big crossover.

ETA: I have motivation today, but not for work. Though it sucks that Pride month was basically cancelled everyone, it does mean that loads of Pride events have shifted to online events. I'm going to be watching the Dine (I don't know how to make the accent mark over the e) Pride, which is the Navajo Pride event that I probably never would've discovered or been able to attend. The opening ceremony is today. So that's really an amazing silver lining.

charlotte989875 · June 2020

MissKittyDanger said:

@charlotte989875 so sweet and so cute! Did you cry? I would lol

Weekend was good. Original plans mostly went to hell, half due to weather.
Saturday ended up being too hot for the splash pad {40*C = 104*F} but I did get a new phone. Didn't end up having a choice, my phone froze and crashed causing me to not do ANYTHING.
I got S20
Oh, and M donated blood Things went smoother than last time apparently, so that's good.

Sunday we went to my mum's in the morning and BabyKitten played in the pool. We got home, she had a snack and went for nap. I fell asleep too lol

More on the house stuff, M has to do the basement stuff and unfortunately unless he sorts through it or figures it out, I cannot help him AT ALL.

Here's another house we won't get but we love
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/22001148/37-winchester-drive-ottawa-glen-cairn

This is approx a couple blocks away from us now. Walk to daycare is actually closer than where we are now.
I really like this house and I just get so frustrated we aren't at a spot to sell

How close are you to being in a place to list your house?

I didn’t but I’m not a big crier in front of people to begin with. I did cry yesterday when I didn’t sleep well and stubbed my toe on a new, rolled up carpet.

cupcait927 · June 2020

@charlotte989875 That was so sweet of them!

Another one here with nothing on my calendar and no motivation. The weekend was nice. Saturday we hung out all day and did nothing (it was glorious). Yesterday my dad came over and my in-laws came down. They enjoyed seeing the baby on Father's day. I do hope next weekend is a little cooler so we can be outside more. It was way too hot to do anything here this past weekend.

mrsconn23 · June 2020

Aww! I love the drive-by shower idea. That's amazing! How sweet and thoughtful.

Weekend was all right. DH's father's day gift came Friday night and since it was so big, we just gave it to him.

Saturday, I worked. DH, FIL, and the kids went to a party at FIL's friend's house. I got a pedicure and puttered around the house. They got home pretty late and then we stayed up *super* late.

Sunday, I made brunch for DH and FIL. We went to my sister's for dinner.

DH passed his audit with flying colors and his boss told him to take me out to dinner and expense it. I say that's nice and all, but show the man the money. LOL We also have to be strategic about when we go out. I told DH we should go somewhere midweek so we can get a seat outside and avoid crowds. We haven't dined in anywhere since March.

SIL and nieces are coming Wednesday. They'll be in town for 2 weeks. They're staying with us most of the time, with the exception of a couple days at her IL's.

Jen4948 · June 2020

I had a so-so weekend, because last Friday my phone line went dead for some unknown reason and a technician came and fixed it (U-verse). I was here when he did and then went to work. But on Saturday morning it was gone again along with my internet and cable. I had to schedule another technician appointment for this morning and try to work from home for a while because of an error by either the first technician or U-verse. Meanwhile I had no cable or telephone and had to use a mobile hotspot to connect to the internet.

And as of this morning, the county judge of Harris County, Texas, reinstated the mask order for everyone (should never have been rescinded).

I guess it could have been worse because I had a nice Father's Day with my dad.

But I feel sour this morning.

MissKittyDanger · June 2020

charlotte989875 said:

MissKittyDanger said:

@charlotte989875 so sweet and so cute! Did you cry? I would lol

Weekend was good. Original plans mostly went to hell, half due to weather.
Saturday ended up being too hot for the splash pad {40*C = 104*F} but I did get a new phone. Didn't end up having a choice, my phone froze and crashed causing me to not do ANYTHING.
I got S20
Oh, and M donated blood Things went smoother than last time apparently, so that's good.

Sunday we went to my mum's in the morning and BabyKitten played in the pool. We got home, she had a snack and went for nap. I fell asleep too lol

More on the house stuff, M has to do the basement stuff and unfortunately unless he sorts through it or figures it out, I cannot help him AT ALL.

Here's another house we won't get but we love
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/22001148/37-winchester-drive-ottawa-glen-cairn

This is approx a couple blocks away from us now. Walk to daycare is actually closer than where we are now.
I really like this house and I just get so frustrated we aren't at a spot to sell

How close are you to being in a place to list your house?

I didn’t but I’m not a big crier in front of people to begin with. I did cry yesterday when I didn’t sleep well and stubbed my toe on a new, rolled up carpet.

I'm an emotional person BUT I was worse when pregnant lmfao

Depending how quick we can basically get people in to start dealing with stuff.
New stove soon, and once that's in we can figure out about 4 appliances to get out of the house.
Then contractor. Then painter.
We estimated a year total but that could easily be 6m but we're debating on a bunch of stuff extra to do {counters, cabinets?, handles, hinges - aesthetic things}

Sadly we cannot get this house. All offers by tomorrow.

MyNameIsNot · June 2020

I love the shower! That's so great. You're due in July, right? It's creeping up soon!

I have no motivation either. It was another busy weekend, and I'm exhausted. I need to "schedule" a day this weekend to do nothing; it's been too long. Friday we ran a few errands and got groceries, then took the dog to the park and had a late dinner at home. Saturday we got up early and went out to SIL's to retrieve a bed that she can't take and say goodbye before they move. It's an hour each way, so that was a half day errand. Then we did a ton of yard work, cleaned the house, and put up hanging lights on the deck. (I'm obsessed with the lights.) Yesterday picked up the last party supplies, decorated, prepped food in the morning and then had the dogs' birthday in the afternoon. It was a lot, but OMG it was so cute. I didn't get to bed until midnight last night, so I wish I had the day off today to recover.

Dog birthday, because I'm ridiculous.

cupcait927 · June 2020

@MyNameIsNot Love the dog birthday celebration!

CharmedPam · June 2020

Count me in for unmotivational Monday. I was up at 6:15, stayed awake but just watched the news instead of working out. I always tell myself I can do it on my lunch “break”. Have to get back in the groove of first thing in the morning though. Weekend was good. My parents came and helped me do things around the house. My yard mostly. Because I hate yard upkeep. I grilled out Saturday and made Dad an ice cream cake. Sunday took them out for lunch before they left. The place was unsurprisingly not busy.

Those shower props are so cute @charlotte989875. How nice! I probably would have cried too. Lol
@MissKittyDanger, sorry about the house stuff. Maybe getting newel things will help you feel good about living there while you wait a bit more?

missJeanLouise · June 2020

Awww @charlotte989875 that is so sweet!
@mrsconn23 that sounds like a lovely weekend!
@VarunaTT congratulations on the visible floor! That is such a huge accomplishment. I am currently resisting the urge to move all our furniture around and reorganize our shelves/storage. It feels so good to have everything put together. ☺️

Yesterday was the first official day of summer so now I like to start counting down until fall, lol. I actually don't mind summers here but when it's 50*C you need all the convincing you can get, lol.

The gov't has extended the emirate wide travel ban and business restrictions for another week. Everyone is holding their breath waiting for things to reopen here because basically everything in Dubai is open. I am sure they have their reasons for keeping things closed but communication is not their strong suit.

My life is pretty much the same. SuTuTh I ride "my" horse, MoWed I go to the gym, and everyday I cook/laundry/ parent/ try to sew. Rinse Repeat.

climbingsingle · June 2020

@charlotte989875 I love the drive-by shower idea. How sweet!

@MyNameIsNot I love the dog birthday party!

Had a good weekend. Went out Friday for some outdoor dining with my 3 best friends. The town was also having a Juneteenth celebration too, so that was fun.

Saturday was the anniversary dinner w/ my parents. I'm glad to say it was so much fun, and I didn't get emotional once!

Sunday I swam at my brother's and basically spent the whole day in the pool.

All in all, a good weekend.

MissKittyDanger · June 2020

@MyNameIsNot omg look at those little party hats!

@CharmedPam yeh we're basically looking at it as extra time to do other stuff and up the price. Apparently we're still in bidding war for some homes, so it'd be nice to up our price, lower some debt, etc

ILoveBeachMusic · June 2020

Love the shower idea and decorations @charlotte989875!

Weekend was fine. Had carry out from our fave Italian restaurant for dinner last night (DH's choice). Got some house cleaning done and some reading on the porch done. DH just finished refinishing a side table that was my Mom's. It has some water rings on it but they have disappeared now! Yay I don't have to buy a new table for the living room. We are still waiting on the delivery of the second new chair we ordered in February. I really like how the room has come together.

MyNameIsNot · June 2020

missJeanLouise said:

Awww @charlotte989875 that is so sweet!
@mrsconn23 that sounds like a lovely weekend!
@VarunaTT congratulations on the visible floor! That is such a huge accomplishment. I am currently resisting the urge to move all our furniture around and reorganize our shelves/storage. It feels so good to have everything put together. ☺️

Yesterday was the first official day of summer so now I like to start counting down until fall, lol. I actually don't mind summers here but when it's 50*C you need all the convincing you can get, lol.

The gov't has extended the emirate wide travel ban and business restrictions for another week. Everyone is holding their breath waiting for things to reopen here because basically everything in Dubai is open. I am sure they have their reasons for keeping things closed but communication is not their strong suit.

My life is pretty much the same. SuTuTh I ride "my" horse, MoWed I go to the gym, and everyday I cook/laundry/ parent/ try to sew. Rinse Repeat.

Ugh, that sounds awful. I went through Doha last year and it was like 45. It felt like being in an oven. I don't know how you do it day in-day out.

levioosa · June 2020

The drive by shower is so sweet.

Those hats are killing me @MyNameIsNot

This weekend was busy. I need a weekend from my weekend. I cleaned out the fridge and pantry, and did some other house work which took me a good amount of time. On Saturday FI trapped the kitten that has been in our backyard and stressing him out. It’s pretty sick and malnourished. We contacted the local rescue and they can’t take him for four weeks so I guess we’re fostering him now. Uhhh. He needed IV fluids, antibiotics, de-wormed, and de-flead. I would like to keep him in the garage until he gets shots but that isn’t feasible with how hot it’s getting here. So now we have to bring him inside and quarantine him in the den, which is still a risk to the other cats. Not exactly how I wanted to be spending my days when I get home from work. He will be a sweetie though and I’m glad we got him while he can still be rehabilitated to being around people.

Otherwise SSDD. Still waiting on my second test to result.

charlotte989875 · June 2020

MyNameIsNot said:

I love the shower! That's so great. You're due in July, right? It's creeping up soon!

I have no motivation either. It was another busy weekend, and I'm exhausted. I need to "schedule" a day this weekend to do nothing; it's been too long. Friday we ran a few errands and got groceries, then took the dog to the park and had a late dinner at home. Saturday we got up early and went out to SIL's to retrieve a bed that she can't take and say goodbye before they move. It's an hour each way, so that was a half day errand. Then we did a ton of yard work, cleaned the house, and put up hanging lights on the deck. (I'm obsessed with the lights.) Yesterday picked up the last party supplies, decorated, prepped food in the morning and then had the dogs' birthday in the afternoon. It was a lot, but OMG it was so cute. I didn't get to bed until midnight last night, so I wish I had the day off today to recover.

Dog birthday, because I'm ridiculous.

August 5, but I just have a feeling he’s coming earlier. I’m taking the last week of July as PTO so I can nap but I just think he’ll be here then.

Those hats are the beat and everyone should celebrate per birthdays!

missJeanLouise · June 2020

@MyNameIsNot OMG I love GSPs. Their little hats are too cute!

It's not 50 everyday, 45 is pretty normal though. It's a humid heat, which I actually prefer, but I compare it to Reverse Winter. Basically everything is inside, you just go from one (insanely cold) air conditioned building to to car to another air conditioned building. You stay in, watch movies, do crafts then in September/October every goes outside and we have amazing weather every day until May/June.

short+sassy · June 2020

@charlotte989875, that's awesome! What a sweet and wonderful thing for your sister and friend to arrange.

@MyNameIsNot, That birthday pic is precious! All three puppers with birthday hats on is so cute and funny.

Friday was an okay day. Saturday was okay also, but had some annoying stuff. I did the display set-up at Target that I mentioned last week. The whole thing, including checking in with a manager, was supposed to take 10-15 minutes. It took over an hour, smh. Not the display itself. That part took two minutes. But first I waited 20 minutes before the manager could see me. Then, it took her 25 minutes to find a cart for me to use for the display. Supposedly none of the advertising materials were mailed to the store. And, just to top it off, they didn't even have any of the main product that was supposed to go on the display, lmao. Fortunately, there was a secondary product that was also supposed to be on the display, so I just filled it with that one. I even called my scheduler from the store to get direction because so much was wrong. But he assured me it happens, it was okay. At least going back for the tear down was easy and quick. I made sure the manager told me where to put the cart back to, so I didn't have to check in with anyone on the return

. I grocery shopped at Target when I was done. Then did more grocery shopping at Winn Dixie on my way home.

I stopped at Trader Joe's when I left the set-up. The line to get into the store to keep it at no more than 50% capacity was down two sides of the building. No way was I waiting in that! I went back in the early evening after I did the display tear down. The line was a lot better. But there was still a line to get in and the store was closing 20 minutes later. So I left again (sigh). Oh well. I have three displays to set up at that same Target on July 3rd, so I guess my long awaited Trader Joe's stop will need to wait for another two weeks, lol.

Sunday I didn't go anywhere! Just slept in and relaxed at home. That was great and very needed. I cleaned out a corner of what we call our "closet/storage room". It's technically a bedroom. However, it's really not functional as one because it's too small and has an opening at each end, but no doors. Great storage space, though, lol.

Today is my and my H's 7th wedding anniversary! We were joking we should see if we could find that classic Marilyn Monroe movie "7-Year Itch" on Hulu or that Amazon Prime movie/tv streaming thing and watch it tonight. We're thinking about doing a staycation this weekend to celebrate. I have free hotel nights at the local Harrah's, which is within walking distance of lots of great restaurants.

However, work today is going to be loooonnggg. Meh. Not because I'm busy. Because I'm NOT busy. I came in at 7AM and by 8AM was looking around, trying to figure out what to fill my day with. You know it's bad when...I might even have to resort to catching up on filing, lol.

MissKittyDanger · June 2020

missJeanLouise said:

Yesterday was the first official day of summer so now I like to start counting down until fall, lol. I actually don't mind summers here but when it's 50*C you need all the convincing you can get, lol.

The gov't has extended the emirate wide travel ban and business restrictions for another week. Everyone is holding their breath waiting for things to reopen here because basically everything in Dubai is open. I am sure they have their reasons for keeping things closed but communication is not their strong suit.

2 things
1 - i feel you. It's been 40*C here

2 - I'm surprised they're opening stuff. My daycare's daughter is working there for Expo and they've stopped everything last we knew.

VarunaTT · June 2020

short+sassy said:

Today is my and my H's 7th wedding anniversary! We were joking we should see if we could find that classic Marilyn Monroe movie "7-Year Itch" on Hulu or that Amazon Prime movie/tv streaming thing and watch it tonight.

I've got a neat-o app called Just Watch that you can type in what you want to watch and it tells you what streaming service has it:

Amazon, Google Play, Apple, Youtube, Fandango, Vudu, Redbox, and something Microsoft all have it to rent for $3.99.

Happy anniversary!

missJeanLouise · June 2020

MissKittyDanger said:

missJeanLouise said:

Yesterday was the first official day of summer so now I like to start counting down until fall, lol. I actually don't mind summers here but when it's 50*C you need all the convincing you can get, lol.

The gov't has extended the emirate wide travel ban and business restrictions for another week. Everyone is holding their breath waiting for things to reopen here because basically everything in Dubai is open. I am sure they have their reasons for keeping things closed but communication is not their strong suit.

2 things
1 - i feel you. It's been 40*C here

2 - I'm surprised they're opening stuff. My daycare's daughter is working there for Expo and they've stopped everything last we knew.

I should have said "open with restrictions" but tbh, I haven't been paying too close of attention of what goes on there because it doesn't directly affect me, lol. I know that Dubai's beaches are open and ours are closed. Their hotels and pools are open and most of our are closed... Our restaurants are open but with restrictions, I assume they are the same way. I know it's not Open like in the States (I know nothing about what Canada has done) but compared to 2 months ago, things are opening, restrictions are being loosened.

MissKittyDanger · June 2020

missJeanLouise said:

MissKittyDanger said:

missJeanLouise said:

Yesterday was the first official day of summer so now I like to start counting down until fall, lol. I actually don't mind summers here but when it's 50*C you need all the convincing you can get, lol.

The gov't has extended the emirate wide travel ban and business restrictions for another week. Everyone is holding their breath waiting for things to reopen here because basically everything in Dubai is open. I am sure they have their reasons for keeping things closed but communication is not their strong suit.

2 things
1 - i feel you. It's been 40*C here

2 - I'm surprised they're opening stuff. My daycare's daughter is working there for Expo and they've stopped everything last we knew.

I should have said "open with restrictions" but tbh, I haven't been paying too close of attention of what goes on there because it doesn't directly affect me, lol. I know that Dubai's beaches are open and ours are closed. Their hotels and pools are open and most of our are closed... Our restaurants are open but with restrictions, I assume they are the same way. I know it's not Open like in the States (I know nothing about what Canada has done) but compared to 2 months ago, things are opening, restrictions are being loosened.

Ontario is only JUST in phase 2 but other provinces have hit phase 2 not long ago, but they were lower hit {Ontario and Quebec hit hardest - Toronto and Montreal specifically}

charlotte989875 · June 2020

kvruns said:

How sweet about the drive by, surprise shower! So thoughtful!

I am also team no motivation. Quarantine is over so B is back to daycare. Even though I have a bunch of stuff to catch up on I just want to sit and do nothing in a quiet house! Seriously how have yall done this for months, not even 2 full weeks had me exhausted. The first few days were OK but I was done by the middle of last week.

I’m part way through month 4 and I have to say it ebbs and flows. Some days I’m super productive and others (today) not at all.

I also took a nap at lunch today, which is also a nice silver lining of a quiet WFH.

ei34 · June 2020

That's so sweet @charlotte989875! I'm glad you ended up getting some semblance a shower! @MyNameIsNot that photo is adorable and I love pet birthday parties! I also liked how you called it a pawty on the Friday post...as a Noo Yawka it's nice to see words spelled phonetically

Happy anniversary @short+sassy !
Long pool day for the kids and me. H agreed to my parents being in our quarantine bubble just in time, it's going to be in the 80s here all week. (I'm sure that's nothing compared to what 45-50 C is, but I'm a huge wimp with heat and really can't take it.)

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